Fatimata Touré

Fatimata Touré is a women's rights activist and the head of the Regional Forum on Reconciliation and Peace in Gao, Mali.^[1]^[2] She is also the head of Women’s Action, Research, Study and Training Group, which works against fistula.^[3]^[4] In 2014, she received the International Women of Courage Award. ^[5]^[6]

Work

During the 2012 and 2013 fighting in Mali, a hospital in Gao was attacked. Touré helped the fistula patients find a new place to live, and find medical help. Touré also gave care and shelter to those forced into marriages or raped.^[7]^[4]^[8] She also spoke against violence against women.^[4] She made a record of what happened, even as her own home was attacked.^[8]^[4]

Awards

2014 - International Women of Courage Award.^[9]^[10]
In 2014, the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, mentioned Touré in a speech in Mali.^[11]

References

↑ "2014 International Women of Courage Award Winners - International Women of Courage Celebration". Archived from the original on 2017-03-26. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
↑ "Bios of 2014 Award Winners".
↑ "AWIU » 2015 IWOC Awardees". Archived from the original on 2017-05-18. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 "Malian Woman Awarded for Promoting Health, Fighting Violence". usaid.gov. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
↑ "Biographies of 2015 Award Winners".
↑ https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/03/05/state-department-honors-international-women-of-courage
↑ "State Department Honors Malian Community Mobilizer with International Women of Courage Award". intrahealth.org. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 "AWIU » Introducing Fatimata Touré, 2014 International Women of Courage Awardee". AWIU. Archived from the original on 19 October 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
↑ Stearns, Scott. "US Honors International Women of Courage".
↑ "Ukrainian Euromaidan volunteer receives State Department's International Women of Courage Award".
↑ "Samantha Power's speech to Malian Civil Society". Afronline. Archived from the original on 3 August 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2015.

Other websites

2015 International Women of Courage Awards, U.S. State Department photostream on Flickr
Secretary's International Women of Courage Award (U.S. Department of State)

[1] "2014 International Women of Courage Award Winners - International Women of Courage Celebration". Archived from the original on 2017-03-26. Retrieved 2017-02-14.

[2] "Bios of 2014 Award Winners".

[3] "AWIU » 2015 IWOC Awardees". Archived from the original on 2017-05-18. Retrieved 2017-02-13.

[usaid.gov-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 "Malian Woman Awarded for Promoting Health, Fighting Violence". usaid.gov. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2015.

[5] "Biographies of 2015 Award Winners".

[6] ttps://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/03/05/state-department-honors-international-women-of-courage

[7] "State Department Honors Malian Community Mobilizer with International Women of Courage Award". intrahealth.org. Retrieved 18 March 2015.

[awiu.org-8] 8.0 ^8.1 "AWIU » Introducing Fatimata Touré, 2014 International Women of Courage Awardee". AWIU. Archived from the original on 19 October 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2015.

[9] Stearns, Scott. "US Honors International Women of Courage".

[10] "Ukrainian Euromaidan volunteer receives State Department's International Women of Courage Award".

[11] "Samantha Power's speech to Malian Civil Society". Afronline. Archived from the original on 3 August 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2015.

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